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Welcome to Silverdale Autoworks! For 28 years we have been the premier Automotive Repair facility in Kitsap County and surrounding areas. We are busy year round have a brand new purpose-built facility with 10 bays (with 2 more to come). We service mostly late-model vehicles (avg. age 2013) with 50% Euro, 25% each of Asian & Domestic. Silverdale Autoworks provides all diagnostic equipment and special tools you would ever need as well as tech workstations with large toolboxes, computers, and tablets. The average repair order is $850+. We have great Service Advisors that have a closing ratio of 68% as well as other great support staff. We have a big comfortable training room and provide paid, year-round training and regular Technician and Service Advisor meetings. If your looking for an environment that you can have real input and will be respected, this is your shop. We develop our people not use them up! Not only is Silverdale Autoworks a great place to work, but Silverdale and the Kitsap Peninsula is a beautiful place to live as well. Hunting, fishing, mountain and gravel bike riding, Less crime and traffic and have every weekend off too!
Feel free to contact us on the form below if you have any questions. Even if you don't see an open position above, we're always looking to hear from good people.
Welcome to Silverdale Autoworks! For 28 years we have been the premier Automotive Repair facility in Kitsap County and surrounding areas. We are busy year round have a brand new purpose-built facility with 10 bays (with 2 more to come). We service mostly late-model vehicles (avg. age 2013) with 50% Euro, 25% each of Asian & Domestic. Silverdale Autoworks provides all diagnostic equipment and special tools you would ever need as well as tech workstations with large toolboxes, computers, and tablets. The average repair order is $850+. We have great Service Advisors that have a closing ratio of 68% as well as other great support staff. We have a big comfortable training room and provide paid, year-round training and regular Technician and Service Advisor meetings. If your looking for an environment that you can have real input and will be respected, this is your shop. We develop our people not use them up! Not only is Silverdale Autoworks a great place to work, but Silverdale and the Kitsap Peninsula is a beautiful place to live as well. Hunting, fishing, mountain and gravel bike riding, Less crime and traffic and have every weekend off too!
Yes, we have waste oil heaters and electric garage doors with remotes for each tech. (no more getting out to open the doors in bad weather)
Our team consists of 1 owner, 2 Awesome Service Advisors, 1 Service Manager, 1 Parts Manager (Also backs up the SA's), 5 Technicians, 1 support staff, and 1 Incredible Office Manager/HR person.
Shop hours - Monday thru Friday 8:00 to 5:30, Technicians work 8:00 to 5:00
We provide tech workstations with a large toolbox, computer, and tablet. There are 3 diagnostic roll-around workstations stocked with Pico scope w/In Cylinder Pressure transducers, Automotive Test Solutions E-Scope, NVH, Engine Pressure & Vibration Analysis tools. 2 Borescopes, 3 Autologic tools, I-Scan 3, ATS E-Scan, Snap-On Zeus, Autel. All special tools/equipment needed for any job we do. Hunter Hawkeye Elite alignment system, Flush mount Hunter scissor lift w/LED's and auto turn plates. Hunter Auto 34 tire machine and Road Force balancer.
We have a well-equipped break room with a full kitchen! We stock it with various free snacks and water. We also stock it with sodas for 25 cents.
We have 10 bays, 7 with Rotary In-Ground lifts, 2 with Rotary above-ground lifts, and 1 Hunter flush mount Alignment lift. We are in the process of adding another 2 bays with ADAS calibration as well.
We average 290 R.O's with an Avg. of $850 per R.O.
Techs fill out a "parts req" form and turn it in with the R.O. Service advisors look up parts and labors, confirm labor times with the tech, then order parts after customer approval. We also have a Parts manager who will assist with parts look-up and maintaining inventory. We have a large inventory, so techs don't have to wait for parts very often. We often will pre-order parts as well.
We allow staff to use the shop for personal vehicles with prior notice only due to insurance. All staff pays the cost for parts only (no mark-up)
We keep the facility very clean at all times. We have a very comfortable training room with surround sound and a 65" 4K TV for webinars and just for fun! We have a summertime festival for our local Food Bank with live bands, local Brewers, and barbeque. We also have a Christmas Party and buy lunch for Birthdays (for the whole staff) and have team building outing from time to time!
We offer continuous training opportunities. We have subscriptions to several online training sites, and each Technician and Service Advisor is given a subscription to Automotive Video Inc (AVI) with some of the best online training available. We will also attend in-person training that we feel is important.
With our commitment to training and evolving our services to serve our community better, there is ample opportunity to advance your career to the highest levels.
We track technician time among many other metrics and regularly go over findings in meetings and one on one.
Every employee must complete a safety training course to comply with OSHA/EPA guidelines. It will be completed in-house on the first day of work.
New technicians are paired with a senior technician to make sure they know how things are done, where tools and supplies are, and generally speed up the learning curve for a new Technician.
Yearly we host a summer open house and festival with live bands and BBQ to raise money for our local Food Bank.
Not as of yet, but we have plans to in the future.
We are expanding our Hybrid service to include EV service. We are also adding 2 new bays and an ADAS center for alignments w/calibrations to service the local collision centers and shops.
Yes, on our website. Depending on how much information you put in, should only take 15-20 minutes.
Yes, we do an initial phone screening to determine if the applicant has the qualifications required for the position available. It's also an opportunity for the applicant to see if we are a good fit for them as well.
We hire as a team at Silverdale Autoworks and culture is a big factor for us. Applicants would first meet with the owner (Bob) to talk in detail about the position. If after that we both want to proceed, the applicant would then get to spend some time with the Service Manager and Service Advisors so they can get an idea of who the applicant is and what talents they bring with them. It's also an opportunity for the applicant to ask the Service Advisors questions about our processes and workflow and how they can benefit them as technicians. Then the applicant would meet the Technicians so they can each get a feel for the other and ask any questions they would like. We can also do a Zoom meeting online for applicants that do not live in the area!
We always do a background check and sometimes a personality test depending on the situation. The background check only takes 2-3 days.
Conditional to the situation.
Typically within 2-3 days.
Typically within a week.
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Flat rate with produced hour bonus. Flat rate increases start @ 41 hours and every 5 hours after and applies to all billed hours. We also have a team bonus for total shop hours billed
Flat rate with produced hour bonus. Flat rate increases start @ 41 hours and every 5 hours after and applies to all billed hours. We also have a team bonus for total shop hours billed.
| Health Insurance | Offered | Silverdale Autoworks has Kaiser Permanente Visits Plus Gold and pays 70% / or up to $300 towards Healthcare Costs. Dental and Vision included. |
| Dental Insurance | Offered | Our Dental plan is grouped with the health care plan. |
| Vision Insurance | Offered | Vision is also grouped with our health care plan. |
| Retirement Plan | Offered | We have an IRA "Simple" plan that starts the first of the month following 1-year employment/ accrued $6000 in the prior year. It allows you to contribute a portion of your pre-tax compensation to a tax-deferred retirement plan. Company matching is also available up to 3% |
| Sick Leave | Offered | An employee accrues 1 Hour of Paid Sick leave for every 40 hours worked at the employee’s normal hourly compensation. Employees are entitled to use PSL beginning 90 days after employment. 40 hours or less can be carried over yearly. PSL accrues January – December. |
| Vacation | Offered | First of the month following 1 year of employment. 1st & 2nd year = 40 hours available, 3rd year = 80 hours available. Vacation time does not roll over to New Year. The date of hire determines the start of the New Year. Require a 60-day notice to use vacation time. Unused benefits forfeited if an employee quits without 2 weeks’ notice. |
| Paid Holidays | Offered | Employees are eligible for holiday pay starting the first of the month following 90 days of employment. We have 6 paid holidays per year. Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Day. |
| ST / LT Disability | Offered | Colonial Supplemental Insurance is available on the first of the month following 30 days of employment. Gives you the option to receive cash benefits for unexpected medical and other expenses that may not be fully covered by your major medical insurance. This is offered at an additional cost to the employee. |
| Life Insurance | Offered | Life Insurance is available through Colonial Supplemental Insurance at additional cost. |
| Uniforms | Offered | We provide all uniforms as well as jackets and logoed T-shirts |
| Other | Offered | We buy lunch for employees' birthdays and work anniversaries. We also have team-building activities and outings periodically throughout the year. Silverdale Autoworks employees get free enrollment to the YMCA. We also pay for employees' yearly Costco membeship. |
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